Comparison

Quick Graph vs MathStudio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Quick Graph

This powerful graphing calculator leverages multitouch displays for 2D and 3D equation visualization. It supports various coordinate systems and offers features like equation editing, evaluation, and a library for storing common formulas. Advanced features are available through an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • 2D and 3D graphing
  • Multiple coordinate systems
  • Equation evaluation
  • Equation library
  • Copy/email/save graphs
  • Implicit and inequality graphing (advanced)
Features
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Quick Graph is a powerful, high-quality graphing calculator for iPhone and iPad, in 2D and 3D. "The app you need to survive the next semester." -- Gizmodo Type an equation and see it right away, written in math notation and drawn in a graph you can move, zoom and rotate with your fingers. Explicit and implicit equations and inequalities, in cartesian, polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, all fast and beautiful. What's inside: - 2D and 3D graphs with a clean, full-screen design. - 3D surfaces drawn with Metal: smooth shading, transparency, wireframe, and zoom that fills the screen. - Adaptive 2D drawing with exact roots and extrema and clean asymptotes. - Equation groups: show, hide and move several equations together, with a shared n. - Annotations with Apple Pencil or your finger on 2D graphs. - A math keyboard with functions, derivatives and more on each key. - Hyperbolic and inverse functions, min, max, if, derivatives. - Axes in decimals or multiples of π, and independent zoom on each 2D axis. - A library of example and saved equations, including groups. - Share as a link, image or text; copy and paste equations; drag them between windows. - Light or dark appearance, multiple windows on iPad, and support for iPhone Duo. Up to 6 equations can be shown at once in the free version. The Advanced Features, a single one-time purchase with no subscription, add: - More than 6 equations. - 2D and 3D implicit equations and inequalities. - The variable n with a slider, to animate your graphs. - 2D tracing with roots, extrema and intersections. - Value table. - External display support. - Decimal / π axes and polar range settings. No ads, no subscription. Please visit the website for more details.

About

MathStudio

This powerful app offers a symbolic graphing calculator with a scripting language for complex computations and visualizations. It bridges the gap between technology and imagination, allowing users to create interactive plots and animations. Ideal for students, teachers, and engineers, it provides hundreds of mathematical functions and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Symbolic graphing calculator
  • Expressive scripting language
  • Interactive plots and animations
  • Hundreds of mathematical functions
  • iCloud document syncing
  • Computer algebra system
Features
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MathStudio brings unprecedented computational power to your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. From building simple algorithms to creating interactive plots and animations, MathStudio bridges the gap between technology and your imagination. "It is a programming tour-de-force, and really does provide a substantial subset of the functionality of desktop powerhouses like Mathematica and Maple." ▸ Simply the best calc app by ilachina Develop your ideas to their fullest extent with MathStudio's expressive scripting language that features new syntax to do amazing things with just a few lines of code. Research and development in the scientific, engineering, mathematical and computing fields almost always involves the need for a scripting language to take your results one step further. Sync your documents with iCloud and have access from any device including your Mac. "Perfect app for quick, powerful computation and visualization. I keep using it instead of Mathematica on my home computer because it's just so convenient. I can't believe how well it renders the evolution of such complex systems. I am blown away." ▸ Mini Mathematica by Professor Dave MathStudio goes beyond a traditional graphing calculator by combining the power of the fastest proprietary computer algebra system available on iOS that can create cartesian, parametric, polar, implicit, vector fields, cylindrical, spherical, regression and image plots. Plot time graphs using the T variable to create animated plots that graph in space and time! "This app really goes beyond your typical graphing calculator as well. How? By allowing you to interact with the graphs that you generate by touching them! I could go on and on about this app, but If you're still reading this review, let's just say that you're probably not going to find a better graphing calculator than this in the App Store." ▸ Replace your old graphing calculator! by AppShouter From basic calculations to college calculus, MathStudio is a full featured scientific calculator and is an indispensable tool for students, teachers and engineers. It provides features that go beyond what you will find in traditional TI calculators with a modern and intuitive interface with hundreds of mathematical functions that cover Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics, Finite Math and Linear Algebra. "This app is way more than a graphing calculator. Capabilities like solving differential equations, preforming matrix factorizations and many more place it in a league of its own for hand held computation. The interface is simple and the extensive catalog makes it easy to quickly learn how to execute any operation. As an undergraduate math and physics student, this app has completely replaced my TI and drastically reduced the time I spend on MATLAB and Mathematica. I would recommend MathStudio to anyone!" ▸ Amazing Capabilities by Mac-Lover From unit conversions to compound unit arithmetic, MathStudio includes complete support for units with intuitive syntax. Plot lists of data with powerful regression analysis functions, invert and multiply matrices, calculate determinants, solve derivatives, integrals, limits, differential equations and more with the most powerful computing app available on iOS. "This app offers so much, and everyone can learn from it. Amazing 3D graphics, intuitively designed with the end user in mind. It is apps such as MathStudio, that show us why the App Store for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad is by far the best for mobile devices." ▸ Creatively genius by howwaya Are you a user from Mathematica or MATLAB? MathStudio offers much of the same functionality! For more help getting starting using MathStudio visit our discussion forums. http://discuss.mathstud.io

Screenshots

Quick Graph4 screens
MathStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Graph at Free against MathStudio's $19.99. Quick Graph also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 68%). MathStudio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Quick Graph is free to download; MathStudio costs $19.99 up front. Quick Graph sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MathStudio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Quick Graph against 4.6 for MathStudio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 425 and 172 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Quick Graph's written reviews are positive against 68% of MathStudio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Graph ships an update every 5 months, MathStudio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quick Graph versus MathStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick GraphMathStudio
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (425 ratings) — better4.6 (172 ratings)
Positive reviews93.6% of reviews — better68.4% of reviews
Number of ratings425 — better172
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKZ LabsPomegranate Apps LLC

Customer experience

Quick Graph

All ratings423 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews1,304 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.1%

MathStudio

All ratings170 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral12.8%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Quick Graph

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to save to photos
  • Equations not visible when projecting to external display
  • Incorrect rendering of some functions like y=tan(x)*x
  • Degradation in 3D plot quality when zooming out
  • Equations not working as expected for simple cases like x+y=0

Requested features

25 requests
  • Display 3D surface with variable opacity or as wireframe
  • Ability to define and display functions over a certain interval
  • Ability to define and display parametric equations
  • Ability to move cursor around within a function while typing
  • Ability to animate equations with a parameter
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  • Ability to graph complex functions
  • Ability to graph vector fields and slope fields
  • Ability to graph parametric surfaces
  • Ability to add vectors of given magnitude and direction
  • Ability to add points in space using different coordinate systems
  • Ability to add text labels in 3D space
  • Ability to select and remove parts of 3D surfaces
  • Ability to sum n terms of series
  • Ability to graph inequalities
  • Ability to graph Euler's formula
  • Ability to identify coordinates of intersections and zeroes
  • Ability to move and rotate the 3D axes
  • Ability to change line weight and style for each function
  • Ability to define and display functions in polar coordinates
  • Ability to graph complex functions in the complex plane
  • Ability to graph parametric equations in 3D
  • Ability to graph vector fields
  • Ability to display equations of asymptotes or tangents on polar graphs
  • Ability to change the window/domain and range of the graph
  • Ability to change the frequency of points calculated

MathStudio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Quick Graph

One-time2
  • Advanced Features$1.99
  • Buy Us a Coffee$1.99
None

MathStudio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Graph free?
Quick Graph is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathStudio free?
MathStudio costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Graph or MathStudio?
Quick Graph is rated higher. Quick Graph averages 4.6 out of 5 from 425 ratings, while MathStudio averages 4.6 from 172 ratings.
Do Quick Graph or MathStudio have ads?
Neither Quick Graph nor MathStudio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Graph or MathStudio?
Quick Graph ships an update every 5 months, and MathStudio every 2 months. Most recently, Quick Graph was updated on November 10, 2026 and MathStudio on November 1, 2026.

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